"It’s that move ’Clear Wind Flying Snow’!"
The accumulated momentum didn’t last long, as Li Hanguang slightly crouched, drawing back his posture with his long sword.
Suddenly, a sword emerged, light spanning thirty thousand miles!
The fierce Sword Momentum soared out in an instant, while at the same time, ’Clear Wind Flying Snow’ had already fallen.
Only a ’ding’ sound was heard!
The two long swords clashed mid-air, tip against tip!
Crash crash crash!!!
Pressed by the two forces of Sword Qi, a large portion of the tiles on the Guest Reception Tower shattered!
The shop boy’s anxious heart finally sank.
He had been entrusted with an important task by the shopkeeper, being told to either call a stop or invite the two heroes to fight elsewhere to avoid damaging property.
But how could the shop boy dare?
Standing there, wanting to speak but hesitating, for a long time he didn’t dare move.
Pinning hopes on them for not causing damage whilst dueling... Now his heart turned to ash, realizing he couldn’t fulfill the shopkeeper’s entrusted responsibility.
Two arcs erupted from the swords of the two, in a moment of stalemate, Zong Yang could not withstand, and was flung back.
His body fell from the air, a sweep of his long sword sending a storm of Sword Qi flying, chopping a stone pillar on a nearby bridge.
He landed on the rooftop, watching Li Hanguang slowly sheathe his sword.
Zong Yang exhaled softly:
"Still can’t break through your move."
The Sword Momentum of this move was grand; if not for confronting it with Clear Wind Flying Snow, the Sword Qi seemed poised to pierce the heavens.
Li Hanguang took a swig from his gourd of wine:
"The sixteenth win is mine. Next time you want to fight, remember to bring good wine."
"...I suspect you simply want to trick me into giving you wine."
"The willing become the bait."
Li Hanguang laughed:
"Well, today’s business is done, I’m off to find a place to sleep."
With these words, he leapt away, disappearing after a few jumps.
Zong Yang looked at his long sword, pondered for a moment, then leapt to the ground, taking out a money pouch from his waist, handing silver to the shop boy:
"Compensate for the damages at market value. By the way, does your shop have any good wine?
"Preferably ten years old or older..."
Seeing this, Chu Qing felt amused. Clearly, this battle was not their last.
Li Hanguang’s martial arts surpassed Zong Yang’s. In actuality, Zong Yang should be consistently losing, now his record of sixteen losses, fifteen wins, and one draw was clearly inflated.
Yet, obviously, Li Hanguang was an excellent grindstone.
Zong Yang had no intention of giving up just yet.
"Quite interesting."
Leaving these four words, Chu Qing led Gentle away, treating it as nothing more than watching a lively scene.
The following day passed peacefully, transitioning to the forty-fourth birthday of the esteemed Hero Shen Juke the next day.
Early in the morning, the Shen Family was bustling.
Visitors came in an endless stream to celebrate.
The entire entrance of the Shen Family was crowded, with the courtyard inside equally packed with people.
Chu Qing didn’t hide his identity, openly arriving with Gentle, Wuchen, and Ye Feifan.
The pretext for Ye Feifan was ’finding someone to bring you into the Shen Family’.
Though slightly confused, Ye Feifan asked no further questions, merely feeling anxious, afraid of being discovered.
Until they reached the Shen Family entrance, Chu Qing announced his identity, causing everyone around to frequently steal glances, with the servant at the door unable to contain his excitement, shouting:
"Mad Saber, the Third Young Master has come to celebrate the birthday!!!"
Only then did Ye Feifan realize that the ’senior’ who brought him into the Shen Family was none other than the renowned rising expert, the first among the young generation in South Ridge — the Third Young Master!
The fame of Chu Qing’s alias had become louder, especially after the Ghost God Gorge battle spread, who didn’t know Blazing Hall had rallied under the Third Young Master’s banner.
Now even the entire Brahma Shock City, strictly speaking, belonged to this Third Young Master!
This status was indeed peerlessly lofty.